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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Diagram </span><span class="f_BodyText">menu enables you to save diagram images to file as well as configure diagram properties and options.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Properties&nbsp; [F5]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">View and edit the </span><span class="f_UIControl">&lt;type&gt; Diagram: &lt;name&gt;</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog for the current diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Layout Diagram</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Configure automatic diagram <a href="layoutadiagram.htm">layout</a> settings (not available for Behavioral diagrams).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Lock Diagram</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Prevent the diagram from being edited.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This does not apply in the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions if security is enabled. In that case, see </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="lockingmodelelements.htm">Lock Model Elements</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Save&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[S]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Save the current position of all diagram elements.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Save Image&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[T]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Save the diagram as a bitmap (.BMP), GIF (.GIF) or Windows Metafile (.WMF).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Copy Image&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[B]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Copy an image of the current diagram to the clipboard. The image can be in metafile or bitmap format; you set the format on the </span><span class="f_BodyText"><a href="generalsettings.htm">Options</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Save the current diagram as a <a href="creatingpatterns.htm">UML pattern</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Add, modify and delete <a href="swimlanes.htm">swimlanes</a> or the <a href="swimlanes_matrix.htm">swimlanes matrix</a> for the current diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Visible Relations&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[I]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Hide or show individual <a href="setconnectorvisibility.htm">connectors</a> for the current diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Sequence Messages</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="reordercommmessages.htm">Change</a> the order of the <a href="message(communication).htm">communication messages</a> in the current diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Find in Project Browser</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Shift]+[Alt]+[G]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Locate the current diagram in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser </span><span class="f_Tabletext">window.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Make User Default</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">In the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, if security is enabled you make the current diagram the default diagram opened when the current user re-opens this model. The User Default diagram overrides the Model Default diagram (see </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Make Model Default</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, below).</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">To cancel a User Default diagram, either:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Create a dummy diagram, set it as the User Default and delete it, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Delete the original diagram (if it is no longer relevant).</span></li>
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<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">This still blocks the Model Default diagram, whilst Security is enabled. To re-establish the Model Default diagram, set it as the User Default.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Make the current diagram the <a href="setthedefaultdiagram.htm">default diagram</a> opened when the current model is re-opened.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">To cancel a Model Default diagram, either:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Create a dummy diagram, set it as the Model Default and delete it, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Delete the original diagram (if it is no longer relevant).</span></li>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="changediagramtype.htm">Change the type</a> of the current diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="209" style="width:209px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Repeat Last Element&nbsp; [Shift]+[F3]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Create an instance of the same type as the last element created.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Create an instance of the same type as the last connector created.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="559" style="width:559px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Change the <a href="zoomdiagram.htm">zoom</a> factor on the current diagram.</span></p>
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